Playing A Little Pepper… Matt Joyce is once again in the leadoff spot tonight…Adam Wainwright (13) of the Cardinals is the only player in baseball with more wins than Alex Cobb (12) since last August 1st. Cobb is 13-3 with a 2.87 ERA in the 21 starts during that span…Alex […]

One of the knocks on Jeremy Hellickson the last two seasons is that his solid ERA was not a true reflection of how well he was pitching. While he was putting up ERAs of 2.95 and 3.10, his Fielding Independent Pitching* (FIP) was not as pretty at 4.44 and 4.60. […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Tigers 10, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Alex Torres. Torres is pitching like he wants to hang around for a while. And at this point, it […]

Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… This is the tightrope the Rays will walk for the remainder of the year. If they are to make a run at a postseason shot, staff ace Matt Moore pretty much has to run the table. For possibly the first time this season, […]

Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays have the best record in the AL since May 8 (17-7) and have won seven of their last eight…Tonight’s game will be the first time the Rays have played a night game in Detroit since June, 2011. Last year’s only trip to Detroit was […]

On Sunday, Shelley Duncan became the first Durham Bull to hit their famed mechanical bull, winning himself and a fan a steak at a local restaurant. Here is the home run… However, earlier in the game, Wil Myers remained red hot when he hit a line drove home run that […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 11, Indians 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Jeremy Hellickson. Hellboy wasn’t great, but he was good enough to win, striking out 4 and walking none in […]